After Taboo takes inspiration from the fearless spirit of Leigh Bowery. This event brings together boundary-defying artists including Ron Athey and Hermes Pittakos for a night of performances in Tate Modern's underground Tanks. Celebrate the power of art to challenge and overturn social norms.
Join us for an afterparty in the Corner with DJs drawn from London’s queer club cultures.
The full lineup will be announced shortly.
Willendorf by Ron Athey and Hermes Pittakos
For the creation of Willendorf, Athey invited longtime collaborator, friend, and sculptor, Hermes Pittakos to revisit and re-contextualise The Trojan Whore, a performance Athey staged in 1996 in memoriam of the late artist Leigh Bowery.
Willendorf follows a two-act structure. Symbols of fertility and martydom from ancient times meet Athey's signature endurance aesthetics as the artist becomes a totem of non-reproductive futurity, resistance, power, and revitalisation.
